I’ve got all the help I need right now with my pitiful Old Irish, thank you all so much. When I’ve finalised the passage I’ll repost it here.
Old Irish update
Nicola Griffith is an English novelist living in Seattle. Now dual US/UK citizen. Author of Menewood (2023), Spear (2022), Hild (2013), the Aud Torvingen novels and others, plus a memoir. Two-time winner of the Washington State Book Award; also of the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize, the Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, the Premio Italia, the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Awards, and six Lambda Literary Awards. Runs a personal website, as well as a research blog. Also on Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, and YouTube.